recimer

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Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain as according to the Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle the term is only attested once.[1] The element cime is apparently from Latin cȳma.[2]

Verb[edit]

recimer

  1. (of hair) to regrow
    • circa 980, La Vie de Saint Léger
      Son quev que il a coronat
      Toth lo laisera recimer.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation[edit]

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ms, *-mt are modified to ns, nt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (recimer)
  2. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cyma”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 1608